In this paper, we reveal the feasibility of obtaining laboratory craters to investigate planetary events such as meteorite craters. Experiments were performed by using 0.44-mum laser beam with energy of les15 J in 350 ps (full-width at half-maximum) on aluminum targets. We obtain simple and complex craters similar in contour that are formed due to large meteorite impacts on the terrestrial surface. Simulations performed with the 2-D radiation hydrodynamic code MULTI help in understanding the origin of the experimentally observed central uplift of complex craters.